Washington D.C. Weather in 1946

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1946 based on NOAA data.

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1946 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	11 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 12
Lowest daily high	27 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	August 6
Most daily snow	4.8 inches	January 27
Total annual precipitation	33.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1946?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1946 was 96 °F which happened on July 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1946

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 20
2	95 °F	Jun 18
3	94 °F	Jul 8
4	93 °F	Sep 9
4	93 °F	Jul 19
4	93 °F	Jun 8
7	92 °F	Jul 21
7	92 °F	Jul 7
9	91 °F	Aug 5
9	91 °F	Jul 14
9	91 °F	Jun 26
9	91 °F	Jun 25

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1946?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1946 was 11 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1946

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	11 °F	January 28
2	14 °F	January 23
3	16 °F	January 27
3	16 °F	January 22
5	18 °F	January 24
5	18 °F	January 16
7	19 °F	February 15
7	19 °F	January 20
9	20 °F	December 3
10	21 °F	February 16
10	21 °F	February 4

January 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	57	38	0.00	0.0
January 6	65	54	0.00	0.0
January 7	64	55	0.63	0.0
January 8	58	47	0.00	0.0
January 9	50	42	0.18	0.0
January 10	56	43	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	36	0.08	0.0
January 12	54	37	0.17	0.0
January 13	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 18	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 19	48	29	0.00	0.0
January 20	29	19	0.11	1.0
January 21	35	24	0.10	0.0
January 22	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 23	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 26	50	28	0.10	1.0
January 27	29	16	0.22	4.8
January 28	42	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	45	33	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	37	0.15	0.0
January 31	53	37	0.14	0.0

February 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 3	34	22	0.00	0.0
February 4	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 5	32	31	0.09	0.0
February 6	52	32	0.44	0.0
February 7	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 8	50	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	39	0.26	0.0
February 10	46	29	0.31	4.4
February 11	41	24	0.00	0.1
February 12	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 13	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	67	33	0.02	0.0
February 15	34	19	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	61	39	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	34	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	30	0.93	0.0
February 20	44	35	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 23	53	36	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	35	0.06	0.0
February 25	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 26	72	35	0.00	0.0
February 27	71	45	0.21	0.0
February 28	46	35	0.00	0.0

March 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	54	31	0.00
March 2	45	37	0.07
March 3	60	37	0.00
March 4	77	36	0.00
March 5	77	45	0.00
March 6	75	48	0.00
March 7	74	57	0.02
March 8	63	54	0.37
March 9	64	38	0.18
March 10	50	35	0.00
March 11	46	35	0.00
March 12	60	30	0.00
March 13	72	43	0.00
March 14	74	52	0.42
March 15	70	49	0.07
March 16	54	46	0.00
March 17	48	43	0.14
March 18	45	41	0.02
March 19	47	39	0.03
March 20	60	36	0.00
March 21	66	37	0.00
March 22	71	36	0.00
March 23	62	43	0.00
March 24	48	42	0.06
March 25	69	43	0.00
March 26	71	54	0.02
March 27	79	53	0.00
March 28	80	50	0.00
March 29	68	52	0.27
March 30	67	52	0.00
March 31	61	40	0.00

April 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	39	0.00
April 2	83	55	0.06
April 3	67	52	0.00
April 4	70	48	0.00
April 5	60	46	0.00
April 6	66	43	0.00
April 7	60	39	0.00
April 8	47	39	0.10
April 9	64	45	0.00
April 10	57	39	0.00
April 11	58	35	0.06
April 12	53	40	0.13
April 13	60	38	0.00
April 14	66	43	0.00
April 15	82	53	0.00
April 16	69	50	0.00
April 17	63	45	0.00
April 18	75	39	0.00
April 19	71	50	0.00
April 20	76	52	0.00
April 21	66	43	0.00
April 22	80	43	0.00
April 23	89	51	0.00
April 24	71	60	0.01
April 25	60	53	1.25
April 26	61	47	0.14
April 27	54	43	0.00
April 28	65	36	0.00
April 29	67	50	0.18
April 30	66	54	0.00

May 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	59	0.01
May 2	69	61	0.03
May 3	64	47	0.02
May 4	53	44	0.90
May 5	73	47	0.00
May 6	76	52	0.00
May 7	69	52	0.73
May 8	63	46	0.00
May 9	74	45	0.00
May 10	76	49	0.00
May 11	81	63	0.01
May 12	82	59	1.39
May 13	70	54	0.00
May 14	65	52	0.64
May 15	69	54	0.00
May 16	82	63	0.07
May 17	84	67	0.05
May 18	78	61	0.82
May 19	79	58	0.00
May 20	80	61	0.12
May 21	76	64	0.14
May 22	74	56	0.00
May 23	76	51	0.00
May 24	78	52	0.00
May 25	87	65	0.00
May 26	80	67	0.88
May 27	83	63	0.88
May 28	71	54	0.30
May 29	71	51	0.00
May 30	80	50	0.00
May 31	87	61	0.00

June 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	68	0.01
June 2	70	56	0.55
June 3	74	58	0.00
June 4	71	57	0.29
June 5	71	53	0.00
June 6	75	52	0.00
June 7	87	58	0.00
June 8	93	66	0.00
June 9	86	67	0.00
June 10	75	58	0.00
June 11	90	60	0.00
June 12	84	71	0.00
June 13	85	71	0.00
June 14	74	60	0.02
June 15	72	58	0.00
June 16	79	61	0.00
June 17	86	65	0.00
June 18	95	72	0.00
June 19	74	60	0.20
June 20	69	59	0.00
June 21	80	67	0.25
June 22	82	62	0.00
June 23	83	58	0.00
June 24	88	59	0.00
June 25	91	63	0.00
June 26	91	67	0.00
June 27	87	69	0.00
June 28	89	70	0.01
June 29	87	68	0.07
June 30	88	69	0.00

July 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	72	0.00
July 2	79	68	0.19
July 3	83	66	0.00
July 4	82	65	0.00
July 5	79	63	0.00
July 6	87	69	0.06
July 7	92	72	0.00
July 8	94	70	0.00
July 9	81	70	0.15
July 10	90	68	0.00
July 11	87	73	0.00
July 12	85	73	0.00
July 13	88	68	0.00
July 14	91	65	0.06
July 15	86	65	0.08
July 16	79	60	0.00
July 17	86	57	0.00
July 18	90	60	0.00
July 19	93	66	0.00
July 20	96	72	0.75
July 21	92	70	0.01
July 22	86	70	1.10
July 23	82	70	0.59
July 24	90	70	0.00
July 25	87	68	0.15
July 26	78	65	0.00
July 27	80	59	0.00
July 28	82	60	0.00
July 29	86	61	0.00
July 30	84	62	0.00
July 31	84	65	0.00

August 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	69	0.20
August 2	76	65	0.10
August 3	83	65	0.00
August 4	86	66	0.00
August 5	91	70	0.00
August 6	82	68	2.59
August 7	74	65	0.00
August 8	87	64	0.00
August 9	87	66	0.00
August 10	90	70	0.52
August 11	78	67	0.00
August 12	80	64	0.00
August 13	81	63	0.00
August 14	79	60	0.00
August 15	81	60	0.00
August 16	74	68	0.11
August 17	90	70	0.00
August 18	83	72	0.00
August 19	85	70	0.42
August 20	83	67	0.00
August 21	82	67	0.00
August 22	86	64	1.35
August 23	77	62	0.02
August 24	76	57	0.00
August 25	75	60	0.00
August 26	78	58	0.00
August 27	79	57	0.00
August 28	83	60	0.00
August 29	76	65	0.44
August 30	71	58	0.00
August 31	73	53	0.00

September 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	53	0.00
September 2	84	60	0.02
September 3	75	62	0.00
September 4	75	56	0.00
September 5	74	56	0.00
September 6	78	60	0.00
September 7	83	66	0.00
September 8	88	68	0.00
September 9	93	70	0.00
September 10	89	72	0.00
September 11	82	69	0.00
September 12	80	63	0.00
September 13	69	57	0.00
September 14	70	50	0.00
September 15	76	49	0.00
September 16	79	52	0.00
September 17	83	53	0.00
September 18	83	60	0.00
September 19	80	57	0.00
September 20	78	62	1.00
September 21	82	67	0.50
September 22	86	67	0.00
September 23	80	72	0.37
September 24	80	70	0.31
September 25	80	64	0.00
September 26	81	59	0.00
September 27	82	59	0.00
September 28	76	63	0.05
September 29	74	67	0.28
September 30	70	50	0.19

October 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	58	45	0.00
October 2	67	44	0.00
October 3	75	47	0.00
October 4	80	51	0.00
October 5	79	54	0.00
October 6	83	53	0.00
October 7	84	54	0.00
October 8	78	57	0.00
October 9	59	54	0.34
October 10	61	54	0.10
October 11	68	59	0.00
October 12	78	49	0.87
October 13	60	44	0.00
October 14	62	43	0.00
October 15	68	42	0.00
October 16	70	43	0.00
October 17	76	52	0.00
October 18	74	58	0.04
October 19	66	53	0.00
October 20	53	49	0.41
October 21	62	49	0.35
October 22	66	43	0.00
October 23	69	43	0.00
October 24	75	48	0.00
October 25	75	53	0.00
October 26	70	56	0.61
October 27	74	52	0.00
October 28	76	65	0.05
October 29	78	65	0.00
October 30	82	59	0.00
October 31	84	59	0.00

November 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	60	0.00
November 2	74	60	0.00
November 3	68	62	0.00
November 4	77	56	0.00
November 5	57	48	0.00
November 6	62	43	0.00
November 7	60	43	0.13
November 8	71	55	0.23
November 9	56	47	0.00
November 10	63	41	0.00
November 11	68	55	0.03
November 12	59	40	0.00
November 13	52	36	0.00
November 14	57	37	0.00
November 15	52	36	0.00
November 16	54	32	0.00
November 17	55	45	0.88
November 18	48	37	0.00
November 19	55	34	0.00
November 20	58	34	0.00
November 21	63	34	0.00
November 22	64	43	0.06
November 23	44	31	0.00
November 24	54	31	0.00
November 25	68	45	0.00
November 26	70	55	0.00
November 27	66	49	0.00
November 28	53	40	0.00
November 29	58	43	0.00
November 30	58	37	0.00

December 1946 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	60	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 6	52	38	0.00	0.0
December 7	55	38	0.00	0.0
December 8	57	34	0.00	0.0
December 9	66	34	0.00	0.0
December 10	65	41	0.00	0.0
December 11	60	47	0.00	0.0
December 12	66	44	0.02	0.0
December 13	64	39	0.01	0.0
December 14	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 16	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 17	59	39	0.01	0.0
December 18	41	31	0.09	1.0
December 19	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	28	0.96	0.0
December 21	39	32	0.40	0.0
December 22	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 24	61	39	0.00	0.0
December 25	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	75	35	0.00	0.0
December 29	48	36	0.14	0.0
December 30	48	30	0.00	0.0
December 31	33	25	0.09	1.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2024	Washington Reagan Airport	location
1851–1945	Washington D.C.	location